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Why do I always need to rationalize use of proper architecture? (szmer.info)
submitted 1 year ago by Kubenqpl@szmer.info to c/programming@beehaw.org
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Why is it so in mobile development that 90% of projects does not have proper architecture, and when there is one, devs complain about it. I don't see it being a case for other technologies of development, only mobile. In mobile the project always has spaghetti code, barely any abstraction it is developed just to be finished as quickly as possible and that's it. And when there is clean architecture introduced, everyone complains. Why is it just a case in mobile development?

Just disclaimer: It is not like the architecture in project is completely new invention, it uses well known principles and approaches

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[–] amotoohno@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I too have played the disappointed and befuddled architecture evangelist. The counter-argument that inevitably ended these conversations was: “This is a business. We make money by getting stuff out the door. Demonstrate how the time it would take to rework this code base would correspond to an increase in profits, then we can talk about how your time and people budget is impossible to justify.”

“Pretty behind the scenes” doesn’t make any difference when you’re focused on getting people to build you a moneymaking machine as fast and cheap as possible.

[–] amenji@fosstodon.org 4 points 1 year ago

@amotoohno @Kubenqpl

The way I look at this, it's all about incentive.

If the product you're working on is a SaaS product, and the way you design your architecture aren't allowing you to be agile and flexible in order to respond to changing business requirements quickly, you'll lose clients.

OTOH, if you're an outsourced dev working on an internal org's application. Your likely reaction would be: "Who cares? I'm still being paid."

It's all about incentive.

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